Ballroom Blitz #002

Outside Changes in Modern Waltz - Jan 30, 2023

Transcript

Ian: Hey random dancer on the interwebs my name's Ian

Lindsey: and my name's Lindsey

Ian & Lindsey: and this is the Ballroom Blitz

Lindsey: Today we are blitzing a Modern Waltz figure, it's the lovely outside change let's have a look. This particular figure is a great one for just getting a little bit further down the floor without losing your lovely "waltzy" flow. It takes four steps all of them nice and slow; we're going to have a bit of a demo first.

[Demonstration to music]

Lindsey: So we're going to start with the leader Backing Diagonal Center and it's the follower who's who has the first drive step going towards Diagonal Center on their right foot.

So let's have a look at the leader steps first and the followers steps after that.

[Demonstration of Leaders steps - no music]

Lindsey: And now the following steps.

[Demonstration of Followers steps - no music]

Lindsey: So when we start we're nicely in line that means that my first drive step is going to go straight through Ian. This is a heel step for me but we're going to rise up onto the toes through the second step still forward for me but that makes it easy for Ian to adjust the angle we're coming back down that's number three and so he's ready for a step outside partner with a nice heel ready to go into the next figure.

That change of angle and from going backwards to forwards happens between steps two and three while we're on our toes so we've got some nice swivel there to make that happen it's only about a quarter of a turn.

[Demonstration of steps - with counts]

Lindsey: And that's all there is to the outside change so try it out on your Waltz and see how you go.